diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c b/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c
index b545d3d1da3e..feafa172b155 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c
@@ -160,7 +160,12 @@ static unsigned long lowmem_scan(struct shrinker *s, struct shrink_control *sc)
 			     selected->pid, selected->comm,
 			     selected_oom_score_adj, selected_tasksize);
 		lowmem_deathpending_timeout = jiffies + HZ;
-		set_tsk_thread_flag(selected, TIF_MEMDIE);
+		/*
+		 * FIXME: lowmemorykiller shouldn't abuse global OOM killer
+		 * infrastructure. There is no real reason why the selected
+		 * task should have access to the memory reserves.
+		 */
+		mark_tsk_oom_victim(selected);
 		send_sig(SIGKILL, selected, 0);
 		rem += selected_tasksize;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/oom.h b/include/linux/oom.h
index 76200984d1e2..b42b80f88c3a 100644
--- a/include/linux/oom.h
+++ b/include/linux/oom.h
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ static inline bool oom_task_origin(const struct task_struct *p)
 	return !!(p->signal->oom_flags & OOM_FLAG_ORIGIN);
 }
 
+extern void mark_tsk_oom_victim(struct task_struct *tsk);
+
+extern void unmark_oom_victim(void);
+
 extern unsigned long oom_badness(struct task_struct *p,
 		struct mem_cgroup *memcg, const nodemask_t *nodemask,
 		unsigned long totalpages);
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 6806c55475ee..02b3d1ab2ec0 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static void exit_mm(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	task_unlock(tsk);
 	mm_update_next_owner(mm);
 	mmput(mm);
-	clear_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE);
+	unmark_oom_victim();
 }
 
 static struct task_struct *find_alive_thread(struct task_struct *p)
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 11c9e6a1dad5..fe4d258ef32b 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	 * quickly exit and free its memory.
 	 */
 	if (fatal_signal_pending(current) || task_will_free_mem(current)) {
-		set_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE);
+		mark_tsk_oom_victim(current);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 294493a7ae4b..80b34e285f96 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -416,6 +416,23 @@ void note_oom_kill(void)
 	atomic_inc(&oom_kills);
 }
 
+/**
+ * mark_tsk_oom_victim - marks the given taks as OOM victim.
+ * @tsk: task to mark
+ */
+void mark_tsk_oom_victim(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	set_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_MEMDIE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * unmark_oom_victim - unmarks the current task as OOM victim.
+ */
+void unmark_oom_victim(void)
+{
+	clear_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE);
+}
+
 #define K(x) ((x) << (PAGE_SHIFT-10))
 /*
  * Must be called while holding a reference to p, which will be released upon
@@ -440,7 +457,7 @@ void oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
 	 */
 	task_lock(p);
 	if (p->mm && task_will_free_mem(p)) {
-		set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MEMDIE);
+		mark_tsk_oom_victim(p);
 		task_unlock(p);
 		put_task_struct(p);
 		return;
@@ -495,7 +512,7 @@ void oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p, gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
 
 	/* mm cannot safely be dereferenced after task_unlock(victim) */
 	mm = victim->mm;
-	set_tsk_thread_flag(victim, TIF_MEMDIE);
+	mark_tsk_oom_victim(victim);
 	pr_err("Killed process %d (%s) total-vm:%lukB, anon-rss:%lukB, file-rss:%lukB\n",
 		task_pid_nr(victim), victim->comm, K(victim->mm->total_vm),
 		K(get_mm_counter(victim->mm, MM_ANONPAGES)),
@@ -652,7 +669,7 @@ void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	 */
 	if (current->mm &&
 	    (fatal_signal_pending(current) || task_will_free_mem(current))) {
-		set_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE);
+		mark_tsk_oom_victim(current);
 		return;
 	}